Possible Bonus Depreciation

By: Charles L. Telk Jr., CPA, Partner  |  email

As we all know, the 50% bonus depreciation for qualifying assets ended December 31, 2013 and the higher expensing limits under section 179 sunset with your 2013 tax year. It is now possible that lawmakers will approve a retroactive application of bonus depreciation back to January 1, 2014 and that the higher limits of section 179 will be reinstated as well. A leading publication expressed the opinion that firms are safe making their remaining asset acquisition plans for 2014 based on these assumptions. So at this point it is not certain if this will be passed but this info is the latest available.